diff --git a/colors.js b/colors.js
index 1eb96f6..6ce4a11 100644
--- a/colors.js
+++ b/colors.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var addProperty = function (color, func) {
 }
 
 var isHeadless = (typeof module !== 'undefined');
-['bold', 'underline', 'italic', 'inverse', 'grey', 'yellow', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'white', 'cyan', 'magenta'].forEach(function (style) {
+['bold', 'underline', 'italic', 'inverse', 'grey', 'black', 'yellow', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'white', 'cyan', 'magenta'].forEach(function (style) {
 
   // __defineGetter__ at the least works in more browsers
   // http://robertnyman.com/javascript/javascript-getters-setters.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function stylize(str, style) {
       //grayscale
       'white'     : ['\033[37m', '\033[39m'],
       'grey'      : ['\033[90m', '\033[39m'],
-      'black'     : ['\033[90m', '\033[39m'],
+      'black'     : ['\033[30m', '\033[39m'],
       //colors
       'blue'      : ['\033[34m', '\033[39m'],
       'cyan'      : ['\033[36m', '\033[39m'],
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index 6c8910c..6aefa81 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ sys.puts('So '.italic + 'are'.underline + ' styles! '.bold + 'inverse'.inverse);
 sys.puts('Chains are also cool.'.bold.italic.underline.red); // styles not widely supported
 //sys.puts('zalgo time!'.zalgo);
 sys.puts(test.stripColors);
-
+sys.puts("a".grey + " b".black);
 
 sys.puts(colors.rainbow('Rainbows are fun!'));
 sys.puts(colors.italic('So ') + colors.underline('are') + colors.bold(' styles! ') + colors.inverse('inverse')); // styles not widely supported
 sys.puts(colors.bold(colors.italic(colors.underline(colors.red('Chains are also cool.'))))); // styles not widely supported
 //sys.puts(colors.zalgo('zalgo time!'));
 sys.puts(colors.stripColors(test));
+sys.puts(colors.grey("a") + colors.black(" b"));
+